History lovers flocking to town museum to see second skin-bound book

A Forgotten 200-Year-Old Book Bound in a Murderer’s Skin Was Just Found in a Museum Office

It's the ultimate true crime book.

Lost book bound in skin of notorious murderer on display at UK museum

A second copy of a book bound in the skin of a notorious 19th-century murderer is now on display at a museum in Suffolk, England.

History lovers flocking to town museum to see second skin-bound book

A second book believed to be partly bound in the skin of the infamous Red Barn murderer is now on display at a town museum.

The book, found on a shelf in archives, was supposedly designed with the skin of a certain William Corder, a British man sentenced to death for their murder of his lover in 1827.

A book bound in the leather of one of Britain's most notorious murderers has gone on display at a museum in Suffolk. The rare artifact was discovered by chance, not in a storage room, but on a shelf in the museum's office.

Macabre story in a historical museumCorder was executed in 1828 for the murder of Maria Marten, the young woman with whom he had a secret relationship. The murder, committed in the barn known as the Red Barn, shocked public opinion of the time and quickly became the subject of legend, inspiring plays, novels and songs. After his public execution, Corder's body was dissected, and part of the skin was used to bind a book documenting his trial — a …